Fishing-stool.



0. F. FRASER.

FISHING STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1910.

\ Patented Jan. 17, 191-1.

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FISHING-STOOL.

earnest Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed July 9, 1910. Serial No. 571,251.

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Be itltnown that 1, CHARLES F. FRASER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and .StateofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful improvements in FishingStools, of which the following is a full and clear specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation showing my device applied to a folding stool; Fig. 2 anend elevation of the stool showing one of my devices attached thereto inposition to support a fishing pole; and Figs; 3 and 4: are detailvertical sectional views taken at right angles to each other through thepole supporting device.

The object ofthis invention is to provide a simple device for adjustablysupporting a'lishing pole in fishing position, so that the fishermanshall be relieved of the tiresome necessity of constantly holding thepole in h hand, as more fully hereina ter set forth.

in the drawings, a designates a supporting board which in the presentinstance 18 the top or seat portion of a folding stool but which, as isobvious, may be the seat of a boat, a wharf, or other desirable support.In the illustration shown, the seat a isprovided with. two pairs offolding legs 7/ and 0, hinged together where they cross each other at(Z. The legs 0 are hinged to the under side of the seat ate, and theupper ends ofthe legs L are slidingly connected to the under sides ofthe seat, so that the legs may be folded within each other and againstthe under side of the seat, to have compactness in carrying the stoolabout. Any other suitable means for supporting the seat may be employed.g

'Any suitable number of my improved pole supports may be employed, twobeing shown on the seat in the drawing, ,one at each end of the seat.Each of the devices consists of a bolt extending up through the supporta and provided on its upper end with a .wing nut g. Loosely mounted onthe bolt between the nut and a metal disk 71, on the support is a barwhich at equi-distant points from the bolt is provided with notches j inits under edge. These notches fit down over the side bars 76 of the poleholder, these sidebars is being clamped down on the y is screwed down onthe bar The side bars 70 are parallel with each other and at the pointwhere they bear upon the metal disk it they are curved or boweddownwardly so that the convexnnder side of these bowed portions bearupon said plate h. From these bowed portions the side bars extendupwardly and rearwardly and upwardly and forwardly, the ends of therearwardly extending parts being connected by an arched portion k. Theforward upwardly extending portions of the bars is extend to a pointhigher than the'rearward extending portions and at their extreme upperends are bent downwardly and forwardly at it, and these downwardlyextending portions 76 are connected by a downwardly curved connectingportion As shown in Fig. 2, when the pole is placed in position, itsbutt end is inserted under the 1 loop or arched portion h and the upperportion of the handle of the pole is allowed to rest in the saddlelikecrotch formed by the parts 7c and k In this way the pole will be so heldthat lateral vibration or pulling cannot dislodge it while at the sametime it may be quickly lifted out of the holder. It will also beobserved that by reason of the curve or bend in the side bars the poleholding frame may be readily adjusted back and forth underneath theclamp bar 71 to give the pole any inclination that is desired, and

it will be further observed that the pole holding frame may beswungaround in.

either direction on a vertical axis since the clamp bar'z' is rotatablysupported on the bolt. A feature of this device is its simplicity sincethe shape of the pole holding frame and the arrangement of the'clampingmeans permits all the desired adjustments to be obtained withthe use ofbut a single clamp bolt.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- In combination .with a suitablesupport, a

clamp bolt carried thereby, a rotatable clamping bar on the bolt,a poleholding frame clamped between the bar and the support and constructed ofa pair of side-bars curved downwardly at a point under the said clampbar whereby said pole holding upper ends.

frame may be mtativel'y as well es vertically In teStimnny whereof- Ihereunto airix my adjusted, the rear ends of said side bars besignaturein the presenc-emf two witnesses ing extended upwaniiy and backwardiythis 8th day of July 1910.

and connected together and the forward POLE-W GHARLES FERDNAND FRASER.tions of said side bars being extended up- Witnesses:

wardiy and provided with a crotch at their ROBERT G, BASS,

, EDWARD E. MANN.

